5.5

CVE-2022-3822: tipsandtricks-hq donations_via_paypal Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
Published 28-11-2022Last modified 25-04-2025
Open JSON

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-3822 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in tipsandtricks-hq donations_via_paypal. EPSS estimates a 0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (wordfence)
EPSS score
0.56%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 28-11-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 25-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Donations via PayPal WordPress plugin before 1.9.9 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.56%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

45%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.54% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.56%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wpscan.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Tipsandtricks-hq1 product
Unknown1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • paypal-donations≤ 1.9.8 (fixed in 1.9.9)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

2 links